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  Welcome to the first TAU international Volunteers-managed blog! This blog has been created to give complementary information to the graduated students of TAU and to create a community where we can share thoughts and information. This blog is not affiliated to any of the TAU services or bureaucratic apparatus and it is meant to be an informal tool where people can be updated, alongside the Whatsapp group and the informal word-of-mouth. Each student or post-doc is more than welcome to approach and participate in the creation of this blog, acting as a volunteer (with a little basic commitment) but also as an user, where they can collect any sort of information. All of the content posted on this blog is under the responsibility of the person who wrote it and posted it. UPDATE 06.11.23  Guidelines for the WhatsApp group  1.Respect & Kindness: Treat all members with respect and kindness. Be mindful of your tone and language.  2. Stay On Topic: Keep discussions releva...
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Scholarship increase and Economical Justice: SEGEL meets The General Director of the Uni


As you might know, in these days SEGEL members fronted the high level Administration personnel in the University, proposing a condition for better scholarship amount for everybody.

If you did not read or received the email of today, here we forward it.

PS Nevertheless, we are still looking for Postdoc fellows to join Valentina for a personal meeting with the Vice President of the Research of the Uni.

Possibly, we need someone from the Indian community(and not only), to show more internationality. For now we have 2 Europeans and an Asian person

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Dear members,

We have a new committee - Good luck to us all!

The elected representatives

 In the general annual assembly that took place on 22.06.23, the current chairperson Shachar Frank was reelected as chairperson. The new elected Committee members are: Valentina Alberti (Life Sciences), Noa Gedi (Humanities), Ben Flickstein (Neuroscience), Tuvaal Klein (Humanities), Tsachit Lapid (Languages), Shai Lerer (Exact Sciences), Moran Nabriski (Exact Sciences), Elinor Nadir (Life Sciences), Nir Naftali (Exact Sciences), Marina Niznik (Languages), Dani Ozana (Social Sciences), Hadas Pe'eri (Arts), Ronen Sadka (Humanities), Amir Sarig (Life Sciences), Uri Wollman (Social Sciences). 

The new members of the Audit Committee are: Adi Bar (Life Sciences) and Itay Cohen (Exact Sciences). The Vice Chairperson and Treasurer of the Organization will be elected in the first meeting of the new committee on 13 July 2023. The annual financial reports of the Organization, presented by the outgoing treasurer Tuvaal Klein and the outgoing Vice Chairperson Hadas Pe'eri, were approved by the assembly. 

The following proposals for changes to the Organization Statue were approved by voting:

(1) The committee will convene once a month and no less than 8 times a year.

(2) Organization management will include at least one scholarship recipient, or open the position of Vice Chairperson for scholarship recipients to committee members (with the option of employment that does not exceed 50% of an Instructor's salary).

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A meeting with scholarship recipients regarding the demand to raise the scholarships in the next academic year was held after the assembly.

Demand to Increase Scholarships by 12.5% and a Higher Raise for Postdoctoral Fellows

This week, we reached out to the Director General of the university regarding the full payment of the compensation bonus, which was not properly administered. We also demanded an increase in scholarships for the upcoming academic year.

Based on our previous discussions and conversations with you over the past few weeks, we demanded a 12.5% increase in scholarships for all scholarship recipients. This demand is justified by the need to align the scholarship amounts with the rise in average wages in Israel between 2021 and 2023; our scholarships have not been updated according to the Consumer Price Index since 2021.

Postdoctoral fellows have not received any compensation and their scholarships have remained stagnant for several years. Therefore, we demanded a double raise of 25% for postdoctoral fellows. Additionally, we demanded to raise the minimum percentage of scholarships to 200% (from a 100% minimum for Israeli postdocs and from a 150% minimum for international postdocs). A 100% postdoctoral scholarship currently amounts to 5,723 NIS per month - a little more than the minimum wage with no benefits - for holders of a PhD with extensive research experience who devote full time to research.

We will keep you updated on the response from the university’s administration, and once we receive it, we can discuss and decide on our next course of action together.

Yours,

The Teaching and Research Faculty Organization

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